Career Opportunities

Join Our Team of Guardians

Guardian Veterinary Medical Center is excited to be growing our team of smiling faces to open with our new facility in Port St. Lucie. We are currently accepting applications from experienced veterinary technicians, kennel assistants, and receptionists. If you are interested in learning more, you may read the job descriptions below, and then apply online.

Walk hospitalized and boarded dogs several times a day to provide exercise and time for elimination of bowels and bladder.

Bathe all boarding, grooming and hospitalized pets as needed.

Observe animal appearance and activity for general physical condition, obvious signs of illness, disease and discontent. Report signs of illness, disease, injury or unusual activity to Veterinary medical team

Apply knowledge of normal food and liquid requirements of animals. As required, provide special food and liquids.

Ensure that cages and animals are properly numbered and identified and that personal property (toys, treats, blankets, leashes) are stored in the proper area identified.

Clean, disinfect and maintain kennels & runs as often as is necessary to ensure no kennels are soiled and odors are not apparent. Perform general cleaning in other areas of the hospital to control the spread of illnesses. Wash and sterilize water and food bowls. Launder and dry towels and blankets.

Responsibilities include scheduling appointments, answering the telephone, setting up new clients and patients, preparation and maintenance of medical records, admitting and discharging patients, filling some prescriptions, over the counter sales, mailings, computer operation, financial transactions, filing, and front office and reception area maintenance. Receptionists will assume the responsibility for acquiring the medical and legal information necessary for the performance of their duties.

Other duties:

Make a good first impression on clients, smile, be professional.

Maintain a professional appearance (clothes and attitude)

Greet clients and pets warmly

Be professional, ethical, and friendly at all times, even and especially if clients are being difficult

Answer phones, send faxes, get/sort/deliver mail to addressee

Make all appointments and then confirm them the day prior

Contact No-Show appointments to reschedule

Make callbacks in a timely fashion to verify response of patients to treatment

If clients are waiting for an extended period of time, offer refreshments, magazines, or other things to make client more comfortable

Enter all data into computer for clients as we are a paperless office; scan faxes, paper forms, etc. into computer

Serve as initial source of information to clients

Mail or e-mail, brochures and other information to prospective clients

The veterinary technician is the veterinarian’s primary medical support and plays a vital role within the Hospital. Technicians must value the quality of care we provide at Guardian Veterinary Medical Center and comfortably deliver care to patients and communicate well with clients. The technician aids the veterinarian in achieving greater efficiency in overall patient care.

Required Qualifications:

Certified or experienced (three + years in field)

Must effectively be able to read, speak, and write in English.

Must have basic computer literacy skills and typing skills due to us being a paperless practice.

Must be able to administer injections, perform venipuncture, take vital signs of a patient and properly restrain dogs and cat, including fractious pets, for examination and treatments.

Must be able to give treatments/medications intravenously, orally, and subcutaneously.

How to Apply

Please read instructions carefully prior to submission.

If you are interested in applying, please download the application below. Once you have saved the application to your computer, open the application in Adobe Reader. You can then complete the fields of the fill-able PDF and save the document. Then submit the document to us, along with your resume, using the Online Form Submission on this page.

If you would like to download the PDF, and do not already have AdobeReader® installed on your computer, click HERE to download.